running with chromium-browser --disable-gpu seems to have remedied this
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1642413 Title: Chromium uses 100% of all cores, locks up, and does not exit correctly Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: whether or not extensions are enabled, after an indeterminate amount of time chromium locks up(tabs are still rendered but browser cannot create new tabs, or navigate in existing ones) and the main process begins using 200-270% of my three cores, chrome task manager shows that no tab is using any memory and when chromium is exited the main thread does not quit and must be killed. I have reinstalled, disabled extensions/plugins, etc... nothing seems to remedy this issue. It started happening 30-40 days ago --- ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CrashDB: ubuntu CurrentDesktop: MATE DRM.card0-HDMI-A-1: edid-base64: AP///////wAi8A4mAAAAACANAQOAIht46gyVolZMliUaUFSt74CBgAEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBMCoAmFEAKkAwcBMAUg4RAAAeAAAA/QA4TB5TDgAKICAgICAgAAAA/ABocCBMMTczMAogICAgAAAA/wBDTlAzMzJTMFJICiAgALo= dpms: On modes: 1280x1024 1280x1024 1152x864 1024x768 1024x768 1024x768 832x624 800x600 800x600 800x600 640x480 640x480 640x480 720x400 enabled: enabled status: connected DRM.card0-VGA-1: edid-base64: AP///////wA6kwcAAQAAAAoRAQMIKxt4CrU0pVZKmiUQUFSvzwCBgIGPlQCVDwEBAQEBAQEBHDmQMGIaJ0BosDYAsQ8RAAAYAAAA/gAKICAgICAgICAgICAgAAAA/ABNQVctU0VSSUFMCiAgAAAA/wAKICAgICAgICAgICAgAHk= dpms: On modes: 1680x1050 1280x1024 1280x1024 1440x900 1440x900 1024x768 1024x768 1024x768 800x600 800x600 800x600 800x600 640x480 640x480 640x480 720x400 enabled: enabled status: connected Desktop-Session: 'mate' '/etc/xdg/xdg-mate:/etc/xdg' '/usr/share/mate:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/usr/share/mdm/' DistroRelease: Linux 18 Env: 'None' 'None' InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-13 (127 days ago) InstallationMedia: Linux Mint 18 "Sarah" - Release amd64 20160628 Load-Avg-1min: 3.08 Load-Processes-Running-Percent: 0.8% MachineType: MSI MS-7786 Package: chromium-browser 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1257 [origin: Ubuntu] PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-47-generic root=UUID=5c8e46d1-e26c-4bba-b87b-f092a8a3d7ad ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-47.68-generic 4.4.24 Tags: sarah third-party-packages ThirdParty: True Uname: Linux 4.4.0-47-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm audio cdrom dialout dip fax floppy lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare scanner sudo tape vboxusers video _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 02/04/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: V2.0 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: A55M-P33 (MS-7786) dmi.board.vendor: MSI dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV2.0:bd02/04/2013:svnMSI:pnMS-7786:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnA55M-P33(MS-7786):rvr1.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: MS-7786 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: MSI etcconfigcpepperflashpluginnonfree: flashso="/usr/lib/pepperflashplugin-nonfree/libpepflashplayer.so" flashversion=`strings $flashso 2> /dev/null | grep LNX | cut -d ' ' -f 2 | sed -e "s/,/./g"` CHROMIUM_FLAGS="$CHROMIUM_FLAGS --ppapi-flash-path=$flashso --ppapi-flash-version=$flashversion" modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium-browser: [deleted] mtime.conffile..etc.chromium-browser.default: 2016-07-13T18:03:09.849211 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1642413/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
